The £20m Belfast M2 improvements scheme has been officially opened.
Roads Minister Conor Murphy said the improvements the strategic route would deliver huge benefits for the local economy. "The M2 improvements scheme represents a significant investment in the strategic road network, which I am sure will improve the efficiency of the transport system and help to strengthen the local economy, particularly at this difficult time," he said.
"The scheme will greatly improve journey times for all traffic between Belfast, Antrim, the Port of Larne and Belfast International Airport, and, importantly, it will significantly improve journey time reliability on this route for the freight transport industry", Minister Murphy told Build.ie.
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland has announced a shortlist of 35 projects for this year’s Irish Architectural Awards.
The awards will be presented next Monday June 22nd at Farmleigh.
10A Grangegorman Villas - Odos Architects
A House - FKL Architects
St George's Church & St Thomas's Insertion - Clancy Moore Architects
Arás na hÓidhreacha, Former Bishops Palace - OPW
Ballyfermot Leisure & Youth Centre Project - McGarry Ní Eanaigh Architects
Café /Bar on Deal Pier - Niall McLaughlin Architects
Coady House - Boyd Cody Architects
Country House, Morna Valley, Balearics, Spain - De Blacam & Meagher
Domus House, Rathmines - Donaghy & Dimond
Dwelling at Maytree - Odos Architects
Eurocampus/French School Dublin - A2 Architects
Extension to Ellenvale - Catriona Duggan & Achim Gottstein Architects
Hazelwood School - GM & AD Architects
Irishtown Health Centre - A&D Wejchert & Partners
Jigsaw - McCullough Mulvin
Lake House - Clancy Moore Architects
Landscape Room - Lid Architecture
Leixlip Garda Station - O'Brian Beary Architects
Library, Abbeyleix - De Blacam & Meagher
Light House Cinema, Smithfield - Dta Architects
Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore - Murray O'Laoire/Brian O'Connell Associates
Origami House - Jane D Burnside Architects
Precast House, Howth - FKL Architects
Spa & Leisure Building, Hotel Europa - Gottstein Architects
St Michael's House Swimming Pool - Michael Collins Associates
St. Georges Church - Joseph Doyle Architects
Tallaght Zip & Plaza - Seán Harrington Architects
Thomond Park Redevelopment - Murray O'Laoire Architects/AFL Architects'
Timberyard Social Housing - O'Donnell & Tuomey Architects
Tesco Tramore Eco-Store - Joseph Doyle Architects
Ulsterbank - Consarc Design Group Ltd
University Of Ulster Belfast Campus - Todd Architects
Victoria Square - BDP Architects
Wexford Opera House - OPW & Keith Williams Architects
York Street Social Housing - Sean Harrington Architects
The second phased of a County Donegal urban renewal project has got underway.
Works will be carried out in the harbour town of Killybegs, which the council said will make the area a "better place to live, shop, visit and do business", according to build.ie. Following the completion of Phase I urban renewal works in 1998 at The Diamond area, a public consultation process was undertaken during 2005 and 2006 to agree the scheme of works to be undertaken as part of Phase II.
It was agreed that Phase II works be undertaken along the Main Street of Killybegs (from the Bay View Hotel to the junction of Main Street with Quay Street), as a continuation from the previous phase of works.
The £20m Belfast M2 improvements scheme has been officially opened.
